Jason barton



JASON BARTON, OF MIDDLE HADDAM, CONNECTICUT.

MODE OF ATTACI-IING HORSE-BELLS 'TO STRAPS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,539, dated February 21, 1854.

T0 all .whom t may concern:

Be it kno-wn that I, JASON BARTON, o-:tl Middle Haddam, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Attaching Horse-Bells to Straps; and I do hereby de clare that the following is a full,'clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, in which- Figure l, is a front or end view of a strap with the bells attached thereto according to my improved manner. Fig. 2, is a perspective view of a portion of a Strap showing two bells attached to it. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

The nature of my invention consists in attaching the ordinary spherical horse bells to straps by means of wires or rods secured to the outer surface of the strap. The bells being secured to the ends of the wires or rods which are properly curved or bent. By this arrangement the Shanks of the bells are prevented from coming in contact with the horse and thereby any abrasion, or galling of the animal is avoided.

In the annexed drawing A represents the.

strap, and B represents a series of'wires or rods attachedV to the strap by a leather covering, see Fig. 2. The wires or rods being rst covered 'with leather and the leather then stitched to the strap on one side of theV wires or rods as shown at (a) Fig. 2. lVhen the rows of bells are used as shown in Fig. 2, the wires or rods extend nearly across the strap and each end of every wire or rod is bent upward from the strap and inward,

and is provided with an eye orj loop (ZJ) through which the Shanks (c) of thebells C pass. The Shanks are secured in the eyes by binding the wires or rods to the strap with strong thread or waxed ends; The

latter method will answer for cheap Straps 7 I of bells. I do not co-nne myself however to any particular mode of securing the wires or rods to the straps. -By attaching thel I bells to the strapV in the manner as shown and described there is no possibility of the y i animal being galled by the Shanks ofthe bells. Bells are now strapped by perforating the strap with holes, and placing the Shanks through the holes. far superseded by my improvement, for it matters not how well the Vstrap maybe padded in the old method, the Shanks will This method is 1 eventually wear the paddingand in time Y.

gall the animal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-py ters Patent, is,

i Attaching spherical bells Cto straps,

means of wires or rods B, the bells being attached to the wires or rods as herein shown vand described, and the wires or rods secured in any propermanner to the outer sidev of A' the strap. y Y

. JASON BARTON.

Witnesses: n p A L. PARMELEE,

NATH. C. SMITH, 

